Today my son and I were running around killing time before our hair cuts. Need a new DE to replace my merkur so I drop sonic off to the dance moms at the Thunder's Rain Drops auditions and we head down broadway to 23rd to hit up Carwin's shave shop. At the light to turn left I see the guy in front of me start to back up. I about flip, but he stops after about 3-4 ft and I cant see how much room I have behind me so I dont move. Right about the time I breath a sigh of relief he starts to back up the remaining 3-4 ft with me laying on my horn. He backs right into me. His bumper (c1500) is sitting on the top of my almost new to me but used g35 coupe. He doesnt notice. I think theres a hitch sticking in my grill so I get out and walk up to his window. My son is still in the car. He's telling me he backed up because the car in front of him did and was going to back into him...I ask if he bothered to check before he backed up? While this is going on, a guy doing a pretty goood impression of Suge Knight drives by in the opposite direction (southbound). He starts yelling to get back in my **** car before I get my **** whooped and *** get their *** shot in this neighborhood for acting a ****. I just point down the street and get back to my conversation. Guy is driving real slow and turns off 23rd and acts like he is about to get out of his car. I pull my phone out, and planned on telling 911 there was a fire on 23rd and broadway since the FD station is 50 yards away, and could respond quicker than PD. He stopped his movement of opening the door when I reached in my pocket. Few things learned, few things asked. Learned: Gun=Amex, never leave home with out it. I am 6ft 230 and guy looked like he would dwarf me, and I was unarmed. Learned: Dont get involved in a situation you are unaware of. I dont know if Suge thought he was being a hero in a road rage incident, or I was just acting a fool on his turf and he took exception as he is the town fool, but it reitterated the fact that as a ccw holder, dont play the hero and rescue anyone you think is in trouble, you dont know what is really going on. This is exactly why instructors say protect you and yours, call the police on the rest (there are exceptions to every rule, so lets not argue that) Asked: 4 year old son in car by himself, if this guy had threatened me, and then stopped and approached me, being outside my car, what should my course of action have been? Or rather, what would yours have been as I would like to see if mine matches..
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